TY - JOUR
T1 - Community, identity and contested notions of place
T2 - a study of Haitian recreational soccer players in the Dominican Republic
AU - Wise, Nicholas
AU - Harris, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/7/3
Y1 - 2016/7/3
N2 - Soccer is a sport not commonly associated with the Dominican Republic given the positioning of baseball as the national game. Yet, for some migrant groups in the country, such as those from Haiti, soccer plays an important part in their lives. Haitians have used soccer as a way to unite their communities and establish a sense of place. This paper assesses how these Haitian migrants use the game as a means of creating a community and developing a common focal point. Through participant observations and semi-structured interviews, this work may help us construct new understandings of the ways in which migrants use sport to assimilate to new surroundings and retain links to home.
AB - Soccer is a sport not commonly associated with the Dominican Republic given the positioning of baseball as the national game. Yet, for some migrant groups in the country, such as those from Haiti, soccer plays an important part in their lives. Haitians have used soccer as a way to unite their communities and establish a sense of place. This paper assesses how these Haitian migrants use the game as a means of creating a community and developing a common focal point. Through participant observations and semi-structured interviews, this work may help us construct new understandings of the ways in which migrants use sport to assimilate to new surroundings and retain links to home.
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U2 - 10.1080/14660970.2014.980728
DO - 10.1080/14660970.2014.980728
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84913555262
SN - 1466-0970
VL - 17
SP - 610
EP - 627
JO - Soccer and Society
JF - Soccer and Society
IS - 4
ER -